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Lost+Found: Case N3Y4 – New York City, USA

Recovered MacBook Pro that was stolen off train thanks to Prey

  • Location: New York City
  • Date Stolen: August 17, 2012
  • Date Recovered: September 6, 2012
  • Theft: Fell as sleep on the Train
  • Missing items: Macbook Pro
  • Police reaction: How are you tracking the computer are you using a key-logger?
  • Time it took for first report to arrive: 30 minutes
  • Once received, time it took for police to recover it: Immediately
  • Final thoughts: I was stoked that I had installed prey on my laptop otherwise I would have never recovered it. Prey is an Awesome piece of software

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Lost+Found: Case 7R3W – New York City, USA

Recovered Macbook Pro thanks to Prey

  • Location: Stony Brook, NY
  • Date Stolen: February 14, 2012
  • Date Recovered: March 2, 2012
  • Theft: Stolen out of dorm room.
  • Missing items: MacBook
  • Police reaction: It’s probably going to be sold in Manhattan.
  • Time it took for first report to arrive: 10 days
  • Once received, time it took for police to recover it: Immediately
  • Final thoughts: This program is ridiculously amazing!

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